Hello all. I am a twenty-something woman who has been writing forever. I am currently so stressed out, between school, work, and all of life's little gifts it doesn't care if you want or not, that I've decided to try writing to help myself deal with it all. I wanted to post somewhere online to get some feedback and to share my stories with others because I think it's more fun that way. And because none of my family or friends really want to read what I write, so this is my best option.

I would love to major in creative writing, but I am a computer science student. I'm so sick of math classes! But the programming itself is quite fun, and I'll most likely be able to find a good enough job that I can go back to school for a creative writing degree, so that maybe someday I can make a career out of writing.

6/23/13*

Hi everyone. I haven't updated Binding the Shadows in forever, but that's just because I've been actually outlining it. I'll leave the original up, but I'm rewriting it entirely. Some things will be the same, but I'm taking a lot of the awesome criticism I've gotten and I'm going to try making it better. The first few chapters will change entirely, and the main plotline of the story is completely different as well. Instead of focusing on the romance, this book will be about one person rebelling against corruption and starting a war.

I've been out of school since April, but I started working 60-hour weeks, so I can't make any promises about when the new version will be up. I'm not even sure if I'll post it until I have the first few chapters done. I want to thank everyone who reviewed, especially since I completely winged what I posted and barely even proofread it. I'm going back over the chapters I wrote now to get the feel for Calla again, and then I'll begin writing. The story will go back farther, too, and more characters will be introduced. Again, thank you for reviewing. It really means a lot, and I hope you guys like the changes I'll make to it :)

STORY INFORMATION

Binding the Shadows

genre: adventure, fantasy, romance.

Calla is the daughter of a master thief and a former Royal Guard. When an emergency heist goes horribly awry, she finds herself at the butt end of the High King’s revenge. In the midst of panic and tragedy, she is visited by a Royal Assassin with every intention of ending her life. But when her dormant magical powers surge to the surface, she inadvertently binds herself to the assassin and he cannot harm her. But he also can’t go more than several feet from her side. Resigned to being unlikely partners, at least until the spell is broken, the pair sets off to discover how to get their normal lives back, fighting off the High King’s further attempts on their lives… and the growing attraction to each other that is becoming harder and harder to ignore.

A girl is born of a taboo between a human and a dragon. She is sent from her clan to find her place between the fading realm of magic and the physical world. Can she learn how to live in a dying world, or will her anger consume her and drive her to extreme actions? (T for mild language)

Calla is supposed to be killed by an assassin, but instead, she accidentally binds him to her. Now they have to go find out how to break the spell while fighting against further attempts on their lives and that pesky attraction between them that's becoming harder to ignore. Full summary inside.